A very sad lymphoma update

We come to you with a very sad update today.  Today we had to let Maverick cross over to the rainbow bridge.  

His lymphoma came back and it came back with a vengeance.   We tried treating him with prednisone to reduce the swelling but we it just wasn't responding.  Today he just was not the same dog anymore, you could see in his eyes that it was bothering him and that it was time for him to go.  After talking it over with the veterinarian, who we trust deeply, we came to the same conclusion that it was his time.  

The vet suspects that the cancer spread to his bone marrow and there wasn't much else that could be done without him suffering.  So today, Maverick crossed peacefully with his favorite people by his side and my 13 month old holding on to his paw.  

Run free, sweet Maverick.  You won't have to suffer anymore.  

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Making bone broth for dogs

As promised before in our previous blog post, we documented making bone broth from the beginning.

We started off with raw bones (beef bones are on the left and pork neck bones are on the right).  Pork neck bones are relatively inexpensive so we definitely recommend them.

 We then add them to the slow cooker and cover them with just enough water to cover them by an inch or two.  We added Italian Seasoning and turmeric which is where the yellow tint comes from.

Then we set the slow cooker and forget about it for at least 24 hours.  The bones will break down and the pork neck bones mostly just dissolve away.  When you take the bones out they crumble with any sort of pressure (it doesn't take much).   We remove the bones and let the mixture sit in the fridge and remove it when the fat forms a hard layer on top of the liquid (which turns into a jelly like form when chilled).

After being chilled the mixture becomes a jelly from all of the cartilage that dissolved

Once it is chilled and the fat is removed we mix up the jelly mixture and place it in ice cube trays to freeze it.  The mixture is only good in the fridge for 4 days and we can't use that much in 4 days so we freeze it and just defrost when we feed the dogs.  The little dog gets 2-3 cubes a meal (he eats twice a day).

This may not be for everyone and we get that but we think it benefits our cancer patient and helps him battle his lymphoma.   Feel free to follow us on Instagram.

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Bone Broth for dogs

So we've mentioned a few times about bone broth in a few of our posts and we finally remembered to take some photos of it.  See our latest cancer post here.  We did forget to take photos before we cooked it but I guess tiny humans can do that to you.

We got our bone broth inspiration from here, and a few of our canine loving friends.  We use raw bones to make ours, we could use cooked but for us raw is easy for us to find at a good price point.  Pork neck bones are awesome to use!  We have also used turkey wings.  That is what we used this time.  Any joint bones are good (the cartilage is what you are looking for).

We just throw ours in a slow cooker and let it cook for at least 24 hours.  The link above is a great site to get inspiration from.  We took ours out of the slow cooker and chilled it overnight then removed the layer of fat which really wasn't that much.

This is what it looked like after we removed the layer of fat, it is a gelatin like consistency when cold.

Then we put it in ice cube trays until frozen and drop them in a freezer bag until we need to use them.  You can also store it in the fridge for 4 days.

Bone broth is pretty easy to make and it helps with so many things.  Definitely something good for our little cancer patient.

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